subdue him with suggestions. Later on my resistance took the direction of protesting against the view that suggestion, which explained everything, was itself to be preserved from explanation. Thinking of it, I repeated the old conundrum:[1]
Christoph trug Christum,
Christus trug die ganze Welt,
Sag' wo hat Christoph
Christophorus Christum, sed Christus sustulit orbem:
Constiterit pedibus die ubi Christophorus?
Now that I once more approach the riddle of suggestion after having kept away from it for some thirty years, I find there is no change in the situation. To this statement I can discover only a single exception, which I need not mention, since it is one which bears witness to the influence of psycho-analysis. I notice that particular efforts are being made to formulate the concept of suggestion Correctly, that is, to fix the conventional use of the name.[3] And this
- ↑ Konrad Richter: 'Der deutsche S. Christoph.' Berlin, 1896, Acta Germanica, V, I.
- ↑ [Literally: 'Christopher bore Christ; Christ bore the whole world; Say, where did Christopher then put his foot?']
- ↑ Thus, McDougall : ' A Note on Suggestion.' Journal of Neurology and Psychopathology, 1920, Vol. I, No. I.
